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I soaked the bottles in bleach/water for several days to get the labels off and anything that might be growing in there. Then i ran em thru my dishwasher on high temp settings, and then I used my vinator to shoot some starsan inside before the beer went in.

I ended up about 12 bottles short somehow (scratch) I redid the math even afterward and can't figure out where i miscalculated. Oh well, more beer!!

Sterilizing everything

Priming sugar

I poured a small amount into a glass to compare it to the actual bottled Dead Guy which i bought for this occasion. It tastes so close already!!

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I tried another of my homebrews over the weekend. Its getting better, but doesn't taste real good to me yet. Its still sweet with a wit beer after taste. I'm just gonna leave it be for a few more weeks and keep sampling it.

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Try one of the grain bags from Valley Vintner. The one I used was a very wide mesh - but it held my grains quite well. Also did you put your hops in a bag as well? Makes straining them MUCH easier. Next batch I do will have a grain bag AND a hop bag, as well as straining the wort into the fermenter.

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Well things are getting dicey for us home brewers here in Oregon. Its now illegal for you to enter any brew contests, and it is illegal to consume your beer off the premise it was brewed on. So you are now breaking the law if you bring a 6pack to a buddies BBQ.

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I gotta guess that they will get this overturned or reinterpreted. Actually, looking at the language of the law, that is a pretty flimsy interpretation. There are a lot of home brewers in Oregon that will rise up against the man.

Anybody that wants to bring me some of their home brew will not be turned in to the authorities!